44: Creepy Gnome

I don't know how I missed this story, but it's certainly worth posting here, for obvious reasons...

"Creepy Gnome" Terrorises Town

"Creepy Gnome" Back on Prowl

One objection I have is using quotation marks on "Creepy Gnome" -- because, obviously, that's not a value judgment, here: gnomes simply ARE creepy. To say "Creepy" is kind of redundant. But, no doubt wishing to avoid casting aspersions on gnomes everywhere, they qualify it that this is a creepy gnome. I imagine the lil' creep got drunk on elderberry schnapps or something, leading him to shamble around town like that.

This gnome is definitely creeping.